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N0. 362,466. Patented May 3, 1887.

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ATTORNEYv FREDERICK PATENT OFFICE.

SNYDER, OF HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO TEMIETH J. LITTLE, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK-REIN HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,466, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed February 15, 1887. Serial No. 227,657. (No model.)

To all whom'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanover, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Rein Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in cheek-rein hooks for harness-sa dles,

if harness saddle.

whereby the device may be fitted and applied to ordinary harness -saddle plates now commonly used, and whereby the spring will be more durable and less liable to derangement.

In the acompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the hook and metal plate of the harness-saddle. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2, and shows a top view of the base-plate. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the hook and baseplate'. Fig. i is a rear end view of the base-plate and post. Fig. 5 is a top view of the metal plate of the Fig. 6 is 'a side view of the hook and base'plate, showing a post of different form.

The letter A designates the metal plate of the harnesssaddle. In general, this plate has the shape of the seat of a ridingsaddle, having a broad upcurved rear end, b, and a narrow front end with a convex rounded top, 0, and is provided at said front end with a square-shaped hole, d, through the rounded top. The base-plate E of the hook has a lowerconcave surface, f, which is adapted to rest upon and fit the convex rounded top of the saddle-plate, and is provided with a downwardprojecting bolt, 9, which is square, as at d, where it adjoins the said concave surface. The square part occupies the hole in the saddlc-plate, and a nut, h, on the bolt confines the check-rein hook and its base-plate E to the saddleplate A. A check-rein hook having a base-plate provided with a lower concave surface may be fitted to any ordinary harnesssaddle plate having a convex rounded top. The base-plate E has a front post, I, provided at its top with a rearward-extending arm, 70,

which comprises the top of the hook is, and an upright friction-roller, Z, turns on a post, Z, which comprises the bearing for the check= rein. A rear post, N, on the base-plate has a vertical slot, 0, open in thefrontand rear direction, and at its top a hole, 19, and a steel spring, g, has its lower end fixed in the base-plate at the bottom of the vertical slot 0 and projects straight up within or occupies said slot, and has a front curved part, T, which presses against the hook k. The point or free end of the spring occupies the said top hole, 19.

It will be seen that the vertical slot 0 in the post affords space and room for the spring, and thereby the spring below its front curved part, 1, does not occupy the cheek-rein space 8 between the rear post, N, and the frictionroller Z, and the spring is not liable to get broken, bent, or pulled out, as in the case of similar devices heretofore made.

It will be seen, therefore, that my checkrein hook differs from those heretofore made having a spring attached to the side of a post and projecting therefrom into the space occupied by the check-rein.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to seen re by Letters Patent of the United States- In a check-rein hook, the combination of the base-plate E, having a hook, It, and a rear post, N, provided with a vertical slot, 0, open through the post-and extending from the baseplate to near the top, and a spring, q, projecting straight up within the said vertical slot, and having at its top a front curved part, 1', whereby the part of the spring below the top curved part will not occupy the checkrein space and the spring is not liable to get broken, bent, or pulled out. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK SNYDER. 

